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ACTION COMICS #296
Cover Date: January 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-11-29
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
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Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #66/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #39/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #66/3)
- Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #66/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #39/2)
- Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #66/3; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #39/2)
Other Character(s):
- A colony of giant alien red ants (first appearance; also in flashbacks)
- a newly married couple (first appearance; Joyce and Tom)
- various citizens in and around Metropolis
- US Army (Colonel Larson identified)
- a green-skinned alien race (first appearance; in flashback)
- a vegetable-based alien race (first appearance; in flashback)
- a metallic alien race (first appearance; in flashback)
- UN delegates'
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Metropolis
- New York, NY (UN Building)
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Red Kryptonite Cloud
- homeworld of the red ants (first appearance; in flashbacks)
- three unidentified planets (first appearance of all; in flashbacks)
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman Vol. 1 #227/4 (June-July 1970)
- Showcase Presents Superman #4 (September 2008)
Credits:
| Story | Leo Dorfman |
| Art | Jim Mooney |
| Lettering | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Edna Danvers
- Dick Malverne
- Lena Thorul (in between issues #295/2 and #297/2)
Villain(s):
- Lex Luthor (in between issues #295/2 and #297/2; also in flashbacks)
- jewel thieves (first appearance of all; Blackie named)
Other Character(s):
- Dr. Malverne
- Clarissa Giltedge (first appearance)
- Mr. Giltedge (first appearance; her father)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Story continues in the next issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Super DC Giant #S-24 (May-June 1971)
- Showcase Presents: Supergirl #2 ([December] 2008)
- Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([June] 2016)
- Supergirl: The Silver Age #2 (2018)